The peculiar design of replacement houses for people that were displaced by Eacop is part of the scenery along the pipeline’s route for most of its 296km length in Uganda, except in Kakumiro District, where the absentee landlords own large swathes of land.
As the project enters a defining period of construction during which the contractor demands 100 percent right of way, it is still grappling with the issue of absentee landlords to find and compensate, or take over the land with suspended payment via an escrow account, a scenario which property experts say creates residual problems.
